5-barrelled

Updated: January 12, 2026

We knew afterwards that they had also got one of their 5-barrelled Nordenfeldts to work for a while. Nobody in our ranks, I think, was actually aware of the fact at the time, so indifferent was the aiming and so bad the handling of the gun. Still, the crucial stage of the first action was not over.

Bennet Burleigh - Khartoum Campaign, 1898: or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan